Tite, M. S. and Mullins, C. (1971). Enhancement of the magnetic susceptibility of soils on archaeological sites. Archaeometry 13. Vol 13, pp. 209-219.
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Enhancement of the magnetic susceptibility of soils on archaeological sites | ||
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Archaeometry 13 | ||
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Archaeometry | ||
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13 | ||
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209 - 219 | ||
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The enhancement of magnetic susceptibility of natural soils compared with that of their parent subsoils has been shown to be due to changes caused by heating or fermentation in the iron oxides present. Experiments testing the validity and efficiency of the heating mechanism on soils from archaeological sites indicate that this is the principal means of susceptibility enhancement; fermentation experiments did not produce significant changes. Enhancement was shown to depend on: (a) the number of fires to which the soil was subjected; (b) the "reducing power" of the combustion atmosphere, which depends on the organic content of the soil; (c) the concentration of iron oxide. Therefore the best likelihood of locating the majority of buried features occurs on sites that were intensively occupied for a long time, while on less-occupied sites the enhancement tends to be more patchy. Enhancement is also strong near kilns. Less occupation is required on sites with higher iron oxide concentration, suggesting particularly that magnetic surveys on the Jurassic Limestone Belt have a high probability of success. A J C | ||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1971 | ||
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05 Dec 2008 |
